Grant Directories

The UK Government's Tampon Tax Fund distributes the VAT collected on women's sanitary products as grants to charitable organisations within the UK. A total of £15 million is available for projects that address violence against women or work with disadvantaged women and girls. Priority will be given to projects that provide services that are not currently widely available. Proposals from organisations that work to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls more generally are welcomed. All applicants must demonstrate how user involvement is built into their work and that users (or potential users) of a service or project are involved in an appropriate way at all stages.

The Mayor's Office for Policing & Crime Victims (MOPAC) Fund benefits victims of crime across London aiming to maximise the potential of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to deliver vital services to support victims of crime. A portion of the fund will be ring-fenced for both hate crime victims and victims of violent crime. The Fund is managed by The London Community Foundation on behalf of MOPAC and is open to proposals for work taking place in London only. Grants of £20,000 to £50,000 are available for work that could include, but is not limited to: Practical, emotional, advocacy or specialist support; counselling; restorative Justice. Organisations can be based anywhere in the UK but must be delivering the work they are requesting funding for in London only.

The Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire provides four funding streams to offer general and targeted support to communities across Hertfordshire. The Commissioner's Community Fund provides support to innovative local schemes which aim to make communities safer and reduce crime: The Fly Tipping Fund; Road Safety Fund; Police and Crime Commissioners Action Fund; Community Safety and Criminal Justice Fund.

The William Wates Memorial Trust focuses on helping the most disadvantaged young people keep away from a life of crime and violence, and to fulfill their potential, to target sport, art and education for children aged between 5 years and 19 years old, to support charities that train the trainer so that a ‘ripple effect' of positive change can happen far beyond the grant and to target charities in London and the South East. 

UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and supports individuals who have their social ventures firmly rooted in delivering positive social change. It operates a unique model by investing directly in individuals and offering a complete package of resources; from awards of funding to ongoing advice, networking and practical support. UnLtd resource community entrepreneurs to start-up; support those with more established social ventures to scale up; and are committed to developing an eco-system of support to make it easier for those who need help to find it. UnLtd offers a number of programmes with varying levels of funding and support. Please refer to the funder's website for details.

The Quartet Community Foundation is an independent charity that supports small, community-based charities and voluntary groups in the West of England (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire) whose work benefits local people. The Foundation gives grants to a broad range of causes and welcome applications from both new and established groups. The Foundation runs its own grants programme called the Express Programme which awards grants of up to £5,000. The Foundation also manages a range of other grants programmes with their own priorities, criteria and closing dates.